Dove's Luncheonette

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 20, 2025 →
• address1543-1545 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Dove's Luncheonette clean?

Dove's Luncheonette is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dove's Luncheonette?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Dove's Luncheonette last inspected?

Dove's Luncheonette has 17 inspections on record going back to September 4, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dove's Luncheonette vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Dove's Luncheonette
  clean · September 11, 2014
• ✓ The Winchester
  clean · March 4, 2014
• ✓ Columbus' Curry
  clean · January 16, 2015
• ✓ Mariano's #8527 Ukranian Village
  clean · July 29, 2026
• ✓ Mariano's #8527 Ukranian Village
  clean · March 14, 2014
• ✓ Mariano's #8527 Ukranian Village
  clean · March 14, 2014

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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